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It is within A Thousand-Mile Walk to the Gulf that we are really given strong clues toward Muir's future trailblazing movement for environmental conservation, and teaches us as much about Muir...

In 1937 two of the twentieth century's greatest explorers, Eric Shipton and H.W. Tilman, set off to explore an unknown area of the Himalaya, the breath-taking Shaksgam mountains. For Shipton and...

Call-out is a collection of tales about early mountain rescue in the Highlands of Scotland from Hamish MacInnes - Everest pioneer and arguably the most famous Scottish mountaineer of the twentieth...

In 1973, Scottish mountaineering legend Hamish MacInnes, alongside climbing notoriety Don Whillans, Mo Anthoine and Joe Brown, trekked through dense rainforest and swamp to climb the great prow of...

Clouds from Both Sides is the autobiography of Julie Tullis, the first British woman to climb Broad Peak - and the first to reach the summit of K2. Filled with vivid accounts of frostbite,...

Eiger Direct: The epic battle on the North FaceAuthor: Peter Gillman|Dougal HastonPublisher: Vertebrate PublishingPublication Date: January 23, 2020Number of Pages: 136 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding:...

In his Boardman-Tasker-winning Elusive Summits, Victor Saunders describes four expeditions to the Karakoram, to Uzum Brakk, Bojohaghur Duanasir, Rimo and Spantik. Battling crevasses, violent weather...

In 1953, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay reached the summit of Mount Everest. They climbed from the south, from Nepal, via the Khumbu Glacier - a route first pioneered in 1951 by a reconnaissance...

John Gill: Master of Rock is a captivating look into the life, achievements and ethos of boulderer John Gill. This new edition of the classic title is complete with photographs, personal impressions...

Kongur: China's Elusive SummitAuthor: Chris BoningtonPublisher: Vertebrate PublishingPublication Date: May 07, 2020Number of Pages: 230 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10:...

Land of Tempest reveals Eric Shipton at his best - writing with enthusiasm and humour about his explorations in Patagonia in the 1950s and 1960s. He is an astute observer of nature and the human...

LAST BLUE MOUNTAIN : The Great Karakoram Climbing TragedyAuthor: RALPH. BARKERPublisher: Vertebrate PublishingPublication Date: Mar 05, 2020Number of Pages: 234 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding:...

Mountaineering In ScotlandAuthor: W H MurrayPublisher: Vertebrate PublishingPublication Date: Mar 03, 2022Number of Pages: 254 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1839811684ISBN-13:...

In the summer of 1869, John Muir joined a group of shepherds in the foothills of California's Sierra Nevada mountains, that he might expand his knowledge of the plants, animals and rocks he found...

Nanda Devi is one of the most inaccessible mountains in the Himalaya. For fifty years had repeatedly tried and failed to reach the mountain. Then, in 1934, Eric Shipton and H. W. Tilman found a way...

No Place to Fall is Victor Saunders' follow up to his Boardman Tasker Prize winning book Elusive Summits. Covering expeditions in Nepal, the Karakoram and the Kumaon, each shares the exhilaration of...

Following a first ascent that ended in tragedy, the Alps' most demanding mountain, Piz Molino, awaits a second ascent. Two very different climbers step up: Raymond, an experienced mountain guide, and...

With a strong political tone and shrewd, subtle manoeuvring, Muir uses Our National Parks to persuade his readership of the necessity of nature and national parks for human recreation and more...

In Painted Mountains, Stephen Venables - the first Briton to climb Everest without oxygen - details the stories of two very different expeditions: the first ascent of 6,000-metre Kishtwar-Shivling in...

Author: Sir Chris BoningtonPublisher: Vertebrate PublishingPublication Date: October 19, 2017Number of Pages: 336 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1911342711ISBN-13: 9781911342717

Dennis Gray first climbed at age eleven, and was soon climbing with Rock and Ice legends Joe Brown, Don Whillans and Nat Allen, making first ascents around the UK, after which larger objectives...

Savage ArenaAuthor: Joe Tasker, Sir Chris BoningtonPublisher: Vertebrate PublishingPublication Date: Feb 04, 2021Number of Pages: 322 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10:...

Sea, Ice and Rock: Sailing and Climbing Above the Arctic CircleAuthor: Chris Bonington, Robin Knox-JohnstonPublisher: Vertebrate PublishingPublication Date: Jan 23, 2020Number of Pages: 120...

In 1982, six climbers set off for the Himalaya to explore the little-known Shishapangma massif in Tibet. Dealing with a chaotic build-up and bureaucratic obstacles, the mountaineers gained access to...

Steep Trails is a mix of Muir's essays and adventure narratives. As Terry Gifford observes in the foreword, 'Most of Steep Trails' chapters are dispatches from Muir as travelling correspondent with a...

Kurt Diemberger's Summits and Secrets is a mountaineering autobiography like no other. It is a must-read for those wanting an insight into the life and achievements of one of the toughest...

Eric Shipton was a pioneering explorer, journeying to unexplored mountains, such as the High Dauphine. He describes his first encounter with the high mountains on a visit to the Pyrenees, and the...

The Endless Knot is a first-hand account from the very epicentre of the 1986 K2 disaster. Kurt Diemberger describes the final days of success, accident, storm and escape during which five climbers...

Bonington chronicles four expeditions to the Himalaya and Everest, including the 1975 South-West Face expedition on which he was leader and on which Doug Scott and Dougal Haston became the first...

Author: W. H. MurrayPublisher: Vertebrate PublishingPublication Date: Feb 06, 2020Number of Pages: 346 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1912560828ISBN-13: 9781912560820